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COMMONWEALTH v. PINCKNEY

365 Mass. 70 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 495

COMMONWEALTH vs. STANLEY PINCKNEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Homans, Jr., for the defendant.

Alfred E. Saggese, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, & KAPLAN, JJ.

HENNESSEY, J.

The defendant appeals under the provisions of G.L.c. 278, §§ 33A-33H, inclusive, from his conviction of breaking and entering in the nighttime with intent to commit larceny. He assigns as error the judge's refusal to question the venire as to whether any of them felt any bias against the defendant because he is black or would give greater credence to the testimony of a police officer simply because...

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